Class Loader

java.lang.Object
org.apache.ws.security.util.Loader
public class Loader extends Object
Load resources (or images) from various sources.

Author:
Davanum Srinivas (dims@yahoo.com).

  • Constructor Details

    • Loader

      public Loader()

  • Method Details

    • getResource

      public static URL getResource(String resource)
      This method will search for resource in different places. The rearch order is as follows:

      1. Search for resource using the thread context class loader under Java2. If that fails, search for resource using the class loader that loaded this class (Loader).

      2. Try one last time with ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource), that is is using the system class loader in JDK 1.2 and virtual machine's built-in class loader in JDK 1.1.

      Parameters:
      resource -
      Returns:
      TODO

    • getResource

      public static URL getResource(ClassLoader loader, String resource)
      Try to get the resource with the specified class loader

      Parameters:
      cl -
      clazz -
      Returns:
      Class
      Throws:
      ClassNotFoundException

    • getTCL

      public static ClassLoader getTCL() throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException
      Get the Thread context class loader.

      Returns:
      Throws:
      IllegalAccessException
      InvocationTargetException

    • loadClass

      public static Class loadClass(ClassLoader loader, String clazz) throws ClassNotFoundException
      Try the specified classloader and then fall back to the loadClass

      Parameters:
      clazz -
      cl -
      Returns:
      Class
      Throws:
      ClassNotFoundException

    • loadClass

      public static Class loadClass(String clazz) throws ClassNotFoundException
      If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the Thread contextClassLoader if that fails try Class.forname.

      Parameters:
      clazz -
      Returns:
      TODO
      Throws:
      ClassNotFoundException